Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11650
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.4
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
73.8
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 2251 DEB.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? True
Object name: COSMOS 2251 DEB
International designator: 1993-036BLM
Object number (NORAD): 37484
Object ID (CCSDS): 37484
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 99.962 minutes
Inclination: 73.8248 deg
SMA: 7134.805 km
Apoapsis: 785.187 km
Periapsis: 728.153 km
RAAN: 262.1961 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0039969
Argument of periapsis: 339.2192 deg
Mean anomaly: 142.4678 deg
Mean motion: 14.40554218 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00003118 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00097791 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 7, 2025, 3:14 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 6, 2025, 1:37 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 37484U 93036BLM 25126.06796502 .00003118 00000-0 97791-3 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 37484 73.8248 262.1961 0039969 339.2192 142.4678 14.40554218622008
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB.
Associated space launch
Military communications satellite. Destroyed in a collision with Iridium 33.
COSMOS 2251 DEB was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 51’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on June 16, 1993, 4:17 a.m. from 132/1 (132L).
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Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 51
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: June 16, 1993, 4:17 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/1 (132L)
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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